Best winter modification for £10 what other mods will you add ?

[jazzway]

Thanks both. Yes, I did try removing the headlamp height adjuster before I realised it was the wrong thing.

yeh, I thought it was a quarter turn type thingie. Now I KNOW thats what it is, I'll try again tomorrow. Hopefuly it will be a ;little warmer then.

Though I still think it'll be easier to dismantle the car

Don't forget to make photos for a 'DIY changing parking/side light bulbs'  I'll wait for before changing mine.

[Mr Onion]

Don't forget to make photos for a 'DIY changing parking/side light bulbs'  I'll wait for before changing mine.

How the *beep* do you expect me to get a line of sight to the *beep*ing bulb holder, fit my hand in and take photos all at the same time??

I'll try, but TBH I don't know if it'll work.

*thinks* maybe use a mirror so see the unseeable

[Hobo]

Could you show us a photo when you've fitted them please? Cheers Steve.

As requested, LED sidelights.


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[guest5669]

Could you show us a photo when you've fitted them please? Cheers Steve.

As requested.


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They look very smart indeed , were they hard to fit? Cheers Steve.

[Hobo]

They look very smart indeed , were they hard to fit? Cheers Steve.

Suggest a quick read of the previous half dozen posts in this thread.

[Mr Onion]

Don't forget to make photos for a 'DIY changing parking/side light bulbs'  I'll wait for before changing mine.

As Requested

[Beaver]

Not an exciting modification but certainly under £10 as I was gifted the material some years ago.



Reflective tape added to the doors and tailgate.

[guest5079]

I found the biggest difficulty changing the sidelights for LEDS was the plastic holders had stuck, once they were freed off it wasn't too bad.
The headlights were a pain because Mr Honda  didn't realise western males have much bigger hands. However a mirror helped to see to put back the 'spring'    Still the improvement in lighting was well worth the effort.

Is it worth changing the front indicators with LEDS?

[culzean]

Is it worth changing the front indicators with LEDS?

I have never had an indicator bulb blow in a car,  they seem to last forever - so I wouldn't change them and they are easy enough to get to quickly if one ever does blow.   Also need to check if it is a thermal or electronic indicator relay  in Jazz,  if electronic it should handle lower current draw of LED lamps - if thermal it will need the current drawn by filament lamps to operate at proper flash rate (could try CANBUS LED lamps which have a resistor in parallel with LED to draw more current and fool the CANBUS monitoring in cars with this feature that the bulb hasn't blown).  Personally I don't like the abrupt way LED indicators turn on and off,  I like the fading in and out you get with a filament lamp - makes them a bit more friendly on the eye I always think.

[jazzygirl]

Interesting posts here.  I was out last night and had horrid feeling that my headlights were not 'on'... some roads are poorer lit and more in need of own lights.

[guest5669]

I changed the sidelights to LED's today, well one of them anyway the other one I had to get the garage to do the job as my hands covered in blood (joke) it was painful though . I'm not sure about these LED's think there to blue TBH?

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[guest5079]

Thank you Culzean, sure sign the old brain cells are going. Of course I should have remembered about resistance. After all a  sure sign a bulb has gone on the indicator circuit is that everything on that circuit flashes more quickly.